ZaÃ¯mph is the solo project of artist, musician and performer Marcia Bassett. ZaÃ¯mphâs recordings and performances shimmer with a dense, dissonant and often unsettling electronic aura, shot through with flashes of meditative beauty. Her preferred sonic toolkit includes prepared guitar, keyboard, cracked drum machines, custom-built noise/drone boxes, processed environmental sounds and tabletop effects.As a co-founder of Philadelphiaâs shambolic psychonauts un, tectonic drone pioneers Double Leopards, and the psych-folk drone trio GHQ, Bassett is deeply entwined with the American noise underground, and has mapped regions still only dimly understood by subsequent sonic travelers. From 2003-2008, Bassett joined Matthew Bower in Hototogisu, where her mastery of cacophonous eardrum shred achieved monolithic proportions.Bassettâs releases have appeared on a variety of independent labels including Hospital Productions, Utech Records, Volcanic Tongue and No Fun. Although Bassett has released a number of recordings on her now retired Heavy Blossom imprint, she continues to showcase ZaÃ¯mph and other aesthetically allied projects on Yew, a label she founded in 2012.

âIt would be tough to write a history of the last two decades in underground music without including Marcia Bassett â¦ and any angle would have to include ZaÃ¯mph, Bassettâs solo project. Through small-run releases on numerous labels including her own, Heavy Blossom), ZaÃ¯mph has carved out a unique take on decaying feedback, assaultive fuzz, echoey ambience, and abstract expression.â â Marc Masters, Pitchfork, The Out Door